Funny Literal Momemt

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 5:40pm

I was trying to teach my 5yo simple math additions. Like what is 2 plus 3. He didn't get it. We were in the car driving back home from his OT, and I decided to see if adding apples would make more sense to him. Here is the conversation --

Me: If you have three apples, and then I gave you two more apples, how many apples do you have?
Justin: I don't know. I don't have any apples. I need to count them when we get home.

I am not sure if it's his too-literal mind, or his lack of auditory processing capacity where he only understood the last part of the question, but I thought it was pretty funny.

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 5:54pm

hehehe.

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 8:33pm

LOL.

                                

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 10:20pm

We had one of those today too.

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Wed, 01-16-2008 - 10:50pm

Very very cute.

As a teacher of younger children I would say that he does likely need the actual thing there to help him at least at first until he gets the concept. I think it was very good problem solving for him to say he had to do it when he got home. He knew apples would be there and he could count them. My kids would've just got stuck at "but I don't have any apples" then start melting, lol.

Another good way to teach addition is using touch math if you have ever seen it. You can make the materials at home just as easily. The main premise with simple addition is that there are a number of dots on each number to match the number. They are always in the same spot. The kids first start with counting the dots on the number, then count 2 numbers together to add, then they start with one number and "count on" adding the amount on the second number, etc etc.

Renee

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